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Torquay United make 'getting it right' the priority as Ronnie Moore heads the hitlist

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by Guy Henderson

12:43, 30 Aug 2017Updated12:59, 30 Aug 2017

GETTING IT right, rather than doing it quick, seems to be the priority for Torquay United as they close in on appointing a new manager.

The bottom-of-the-table Gulls have lost all three games, in a run of six successive defeats, since sacking Kevin Nicholson, and worried supporters are increasingly impatient for an announcement that will signal a new direction for the club.

Veteran lower division boss Ronnie Moore, 64, is still thought to be high on the list of the ‘experienced with contacts’ candidates.

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The former Rotherham United, Tranmere Rovers, Oldham, Hartlepool United and Eastleigh manager was in South Devon last weekend and watched Torquay’s 2-1 home defeat by Solihull Moors.

But owner/chairman Clarke Osborne and general manager Geoff Harrop, who has been checking out the leading applicants, are also believed to have been approached by a younger man hoping to break into management whom they want to interview.

The name of former England and Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler has hit the rumour-mill, not for the first time in recent seasons, but that is thought to be wide of the mark.